Running-board saddle.



C. C. MURPHYi .RUNNING BOARD SADDLE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.Y9| 1914.

1,145,207. y Patented July 6, 1915. I f

hlli' I lll To all whom it may concern.

CLINTON C. MURPHY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoP. 'To P. II. MURPHYCOMPANY, OP PAItNAssUs'PnNNsYLvANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

RUNNING-BOARD SADDLE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Application led February 9, 1914. Serial No. 817,517.

Beit known that I, CLINTON C. MURPHY, a Citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city ofl Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Running-Board Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to running boardv saddles, particularly to thattype which is adapted' for use with car roofs formed of metal roofsheets joined togetherlstanding seams.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a metal running boardsaddle which will not injure the roof sheets or their seams, and whichWill aid in preventing leakage through the. roof. j

A furtherobject is to attain certain other advantages as will be morefully set forth hereinafter.

The invention consists in the parts, and in the arrangements andcombinations of parts as Will more fully appear hereinafter. l

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of the specification, andin which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout theseveral views, .Figure 1 is a top plan view of a running board saddleembodying the invention g. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section on theline 2-2 on Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a sideelevation; Fig. 5 is a vertical lone gitudinal section on. the line 5-5on Fig. 1.

For the purpose of illustration, the running board saddle embodying theinvention has been shown as applied to an outside metal car roof formedof roof sheets 1, joined to one another by arched seams 2 extendingtransversely of the car and arched seams 3 extending longitudinally ofthe car above the ridge pole a. The roof sheets 1 rest upon a woodensheathing 5 supported on carlines and the ridge pole 4 according to theusual construction.

The body of the running board saddle is made of metal andis preferablystamped and bent from sheet metal. The running boards 6 aresupportedupon spaced seats Y 9, and through these holes 9 are passed bolts l0which extend through the running boards 6 and hold -them firmly inposition. Between the upright members 8 the body of the saddle is formedwith an inverted chanf nel .or ridge 11. The sides of the inverted solChannel 11 are spaced fromthe upright` Disposed Within the invertedchannel 11 y is an insert 13 of Wood, pressed fiber, or

' other suitable non-,abrasive material, which thereof, which overliesthe seam 2 and has its walls spaced therefrom. vThe insert 13 has agroove 15 irrits under face extending transversely thereof toaccommodate a corner cap 16 which is ordinarily used Awith this type ofroof. The feet 12 are-also bent to form arches 17 to accommodate thecorner capl. The under face of the insert 13 rests upon the roofsheets 1. A bolt 18 passes. through the ridgev pole 4, a boss 1 9 on thecorner'cap 16 and through the inverted channel 11. The bolt 18 holds thesaddle in position, but does not press the insert 13 against the roofsheets 1 so as to bind them against movement. Theboss 19 of the cornercap 16 is embedded in the insert 13.

By this construction, it is possible to use the same metal body of thesaddle in oonnection with roofs having different sizes of sePms vbyinterchanging inserts 13 having.

a slight relative movement of the roof sheets and the running boardsaddle, and if the metal body Ofthe saddle were in Contact with the roofsheets,'the rubbing action of the saddle upon the roof sheets would Wearoif the protecting coating on the roof sheets and permit them to rust.In this construction, no part of the metal body of the sad-' dle touchesthe roof sheets, and all of the rubbing action takes'place between thenonabrasive insert 13 and the roof sheets, so. that the roof sheets arenot Worn or injured. The insert 13, being formed of Wood, pressed liber,or some similar material, is resilient Ico applied to it.

It is to be understood that the particular vform of running boardsaddlel which 'I have shown and described may be considerably modifiedWithout departing from -my invention. I do not wish, therefore, to be-limited to the exact construction which4 I have shown and described.

',What I claim is:

1. A running boa-rd saddle comprising a metal body adapted tosupportrunning boards, and a piecefof non-abrasive material attached theretoand projecting below the under face of said body in position to bearl onthe roof and serve as a rubbing member. 2. A running board saddlecomprising a metal body adapted' to, support running- `boards, and apiece of non-abrasive material attached to the un'der face 'of saidbody,said piece having grooves in its under face adaptedto straddle the seamsbetween the roof sheets of a car roof.

3. A-running board saddle comprising a metal body `having spaced seatsadapted to support running boards and provided with an inverted channelin its underface, and a wooden insert fitting in said inverted channel,said insert having a longitudinal and a transverse groove in its underface.

4. A running board saddlecomprismg a boards, and having an invertedchannel in its under face, and an insert of non-abrasive Y materialfitted in said inverted channel, said longitudinal groove in its vinsert having a under face.

5. -A running board saddle comprising an integral body of sheet metal,bent to form horizontal spaced seats adapted to support running boards,and having an 4inverted channel 1n 1ts under face, and a wooden insert-iittlng 1n said lnverted channel and having-grooves in its underY faceadapted to `straddle the seams of a metal car roof.

6.. A running board saddle comprising a metal bodyihav-ing spaced seatsadapted to' support running boards, and a' piece of non-'abrasivematerial attached t'o the un# der face of said body, said piece having a4longitudinal groove in its under face '-7. A running-board saddleformed of a' casting provided with a recessed bottom and a supportingpad of non-abrasive material fitting said recess.

Signed at Chlcago,

CLINTON C. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

' HARRY W. STANNARD,

JOSEPHINE A.YHARTNETT.

Cookcounty, Illinois,

this 4th day of February, 1914.

4o I metal body adapted to support running

